On the evening of 4 August 1914 London's Café Royal was alive with its usual array of demimondes, dandies, aristocrats, émigrés, and self-styled bohemians.

The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this fool-hardy boy had lost his mind.

How many years have you been here? / […] / Before a dessicate sky left rivers of cracks / in the belly of your red earth?

Reptiles are known to harbor three important genera of rhabditids: Entomelas, Rhabdias, and Strongyloides.